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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-19B-FA Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-83011 USAAF
    Construction Number:T43-5598
    Last Civil Registration:N54270
    Compressed ID:Fairchild PT-19B-FA sn 42-83011 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-19B-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-83011.

    2 September 1944

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Ponca City.

    13 June 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N54270 (M-62A, T43-5598) issued.

    14 May 1980

    To Gregory W. Swift, Bakersfield, CA with new c/r N54270.

    To March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 46-ED/29

    January 2002


    Photographer: Ross Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the March Field Museum in Riverside, California.

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N54270 (M-62A, T43-5598) issued.

    9 April 2013

    Civil registration, N54270, cancelled.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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